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CVE-2002-0046

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-01-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Linux kernel, and possibly other operating systems, allows remote attackers to read portions of memory via a series of fragmented ICMP packets that generate an ICMP TTL Exceeded response, which includes portions of the memory in the response packet.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/5394
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-007.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251418
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7998
• http://www.osvdb.org/5394
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-007.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/251418
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7998

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